How-to Guides for Teaching and Learning

Faculty Resources: Teaching and SoTL

This page offers teaching resources as well as resources for faculty engaged in scholarly teaching and/or the scholarship of teaching and learning. 

For a guide to teaching at Lane with questions and answers commonly asked by faculty, see the CTL's Teaching Handbook.

Teaching Resources for Faculty

Online Teaching Support/ Practices

• Academic Technology Center (Lane Community College)
• Getting Better Prepared for Hybrid and Online Learning (ACUE)
• Humanizing Online Teaching (St. Mary's College of California)
• Zoom: Teach Online Class Sessions (University of Minnesota)
• Ten Principles of Online Teaching (Faculty Focus) 
• Teaching Remotely (U Washington)
• How to be a Better Online Teacher (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Recommended Practices for Every Online Instructor (TPSE)

Backward Design

• Understanding by Design (Vanderbilt)
• What is Backward Design? (Excerpt from Understanding by Design)
• Backward Design (from Western Washington University)

Learning Outcomes

• Writing Learning Outcomes (from the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, Indiana University)
• Learning Outcomes Assessment at Lane
• Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Designing a Syllabus/ Course Schedule

• Course Syllabus Requirements at Lane
• Syllabus Design (from the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning at Yale)
• Create a course schedule
• Inclusive Syllabus Design (UMass)
• Effect of Syllabus Tone
• Gender Identity and Personal Pronouns Syllabus Guidance (OSU)

Cultural Competency, Equity and Inclusion

Please see the Inclusive Teaching Moodle site for more resources. 

• Faculty Professional Development for Cultural Competency
• Center for Accessible Resources at Lane
• Lane Accessibility Checklist
• Inclusive Teaching Strategies (University of Washington)
• Increasing Inclusivity in the Classroom (Vanderbilt)
• Inclusive Teaching Strategies (University of Michigan)
• "Want to Reach All of Your Students? Here's How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive" (Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• "9 Ways Colleges Should Support Underrepresented Students" (Century Foundation)
• "Difficult Dialogues" in the Classroom (Vanderbilt)
• Start Talking: A Handbook for Engaging Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education (U-Alaska)
• Supporting Students Facing Mental Health Challenges (including stress, anxiety, and depression)
• Supporting Trans and Non-binary Students
• Pronoun Introductions in Class
• Neurodivergent College Students: Some Strategies and Resources
• How to Provide a Multicultural Education

Project-Based Learning/ Problem-Based Learning

• Problem-Based Learning vs. Project-Based Learning (from Teacher Magazine)
• An Introduction to Problem-Based Learning (University of Illinois)
• Effective Implementation of Project-Based Learning (Teacher Magazine)
• Resources for Problem-Based Learning (University of Delaware)
• "Six Thinking Scaffolds That Can Move Students Toward Deeper Levels of Understanding" (KQED News)

Preparing Lesson Plans

• Preparing Lesson Plans (BCIT)
• Writing Lesson Plans (Writing Studio at CSU)

The First Day of Class

• Starting off on the Right Foot (BCIT)

Engaging and Working with Students

• Welcoming Students Back (ACUE)
• Meeting Students Where They Are (ACUE)
• "A Pedagogy of Kindness"
• "How to Make Your Teaching More Engaging" (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Increasing Student Motivation (BCIT)
• Fostering Student Engagement and Motivation (University of Waterloo)
• Managing Student Behavior in the Classroom and the Lab (BCIT)
• Active Learning (from the University of Minnesota)
• Engaging Students in Learning (from University of Washington)
• Using Classroom Questions Effectively (BCIT)
• Facilitating Effective Discussions (University of Waterloo)
• Making Large Lectures Interactive (BCIT)

Assigning Writing

• Writing Resources for all instructors at Lane
• Student Writing (from University of Washington)

Using Handouts

• Preparing and Using Student Handouts (BCIT)

Using Visuals

• Designing and Using Visuals in the Classroom (BCIT)

Grading and Other Classroom Assessments

• Applying Classroom Assessment Techniques (BCIT)
• Developing Written Tests (BCIT)
• Designing Grading and Feedback Rubrics (UCD)
• Rubric Library (Syracuse)
• Value Rubrics (AACU)
• Assessing Your Own Teaching Effectiveness (BCIT)
• Untimed, Open-Book Exams (OSU)
• Specifications Grading
• Labor-Based Grading Contracts (book) and Q/A with author

Neurology and Learning

• Neuromyths and Evidence-Based Practice in Higher Ed

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

• Vanderbilt University's SoTL guide
• Creating SoTL Projects (University of Central Florida)
• SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) Journals